Gopher UI is alive and well....... in Japan (Score 1)

The attraction of Gopher as a user interface is that it is simple, intuitive and fast. Which was exactly what DoCoMo were looking for when they put iMode together (that's the Japanese mobile phone data service). The result is that although iMode is HTML-based (actually cHTML), the user interface is a Gopher look-alike. There are screen shots available at http://www.wapprofit.com/wapdemo.html The UI works by exploiting the phone's number pad keys; to access numbered links (1-9), just press the appropriate key. This works by a simple HTML extension (). DoCoMo are threatening to roll out iMode in US and Europe, so all you Gopher fans, you may be seeing those numbered lists coming back again sooner than you think.